344 CVI. GESNERACEH. (C. B. Clarke.) [ Lystonotus. 
the middle, straight, 2-lipped; lower lip with 2 folds within. Stamens 
2 perfect (2 or 3 rudimentary), subincluded; filaments flattened, bent; 
anthers connivent, connective with an oblong process. Dise annular. 
Ovary superior, stipitate, linear; style as long as the stamens, stigma shortly 
2-lobed; placentz deeply inflexed, then recurved and ovuliferous. Capsule 
linear, in the following year splitting loculicidally to the base into 2 (ulti- 
mately 2-partite) valves. Seeds small, oblong, smooth, with a hair at the 
apex, pendent by a funicle which when detached resembles the apical hair.— 
Species 3, in N. India, China and Japan. 
1. L. serrata, D. Don in Edinb. Phil. Journ. vii. 85, and Prodr. 124; 
leaves elliptic acuminate crenate-serrate or lanceolate herbaceous sinuate, 
sepals narrowly lanceolate thin. Bot. Mag. t. 6538. L. ternifolia, Wall. 
Pl. As. Rar. ii. 20, t. 118; A. DC. Prodr. ix. 264; Clarke Comm. & Cyrt. 
Beng. t. 52. Calosacme polycarpa, Wall. Cat. 804. 
SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA, alt. 2-7000 ft.; from Kumaon to Bhotan, common, 
Wallich, &c. Assam and Kuasta Mrs., alt. 1-4000 ft., common. 
Stem 12 in., branched. Leaves often ternate, 6 by 2 in., from narrow-lanceolate 
to elliptic, closely serrate nearly to the base or sinuate; nerves prominent, oblique ; 
petiole j in. Peduncles often 4 in.; bracts 4in., ovate; pedicels 4—} in. Sepals 
iin. in young fruit often enlarged 1-3 in. and somewhat connate at the base. Corolla 
1 in., deep purple or paler, or white with purplish veins. Capsule 2-4 in. 
2. L. conferta, Clarke; branches long, leaves elliptic acuminate 
subentire very coriaceous.  ZÉschynanthus conferta, Grif. Priv. Journ. 
p. 63, name only. 
S.E. Assam; Patkoye Mts., Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3819). . 
Branches 18 in, and more, straight, undivided. Leaves ternate, entire, minutely 
crenate towards the apex; nerves obscure, at right angles to the midrib. Peduncles 
and capsules nearly as of L. serrata; remains of the calyx somewhat coriaceous, 
Flowers not seen.—This may be a var. of L. serrata, but no form of this is known 
with similarly elongate branches and coriaceous leaves. 
III. LOXOSTIGMA, Clarke. 
An undershrub, often rooting near the base; branches long. Leaves 
opposite, often unequal, serrate, pilose. Cymes peduncled, lax, many-fid. ; 
bracts and bracteoles small. Sepals 5,lanceolate. Corolla tubular, intlated 
above the base, straight, yellow; lobes 5, spreading. Stamens 4, didyna- 
mous, included; anthers 2-celled, connivent in pairs; connective not excur- 
rent; cells elliptic, subparallel. Ovary shortly stalked, linear, glabrous; 
stigma unilateral, obscurely bifid; placentæ deeply inflexed, bifid, revolute. 
Capsule linear, loculicidal for its whole length; placenta revolute covering 
e seeds. Seeds pendulous, funicle capillary with a single hair at the 
apex. 
L. Griffithii, Clarke; leaves elliptic subfaleate acuminate serrate, 
sepals oblong acute green sometimes denticulate. Didymocarpus Griffith, 
Wight Ill. ii. 182, t. 159, bad. — Dichrotrichum Griffithii, Clarke Comm. 9 
Cyrt. Beng. t. 51. Chirita Griffithii, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. & T. 
SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA, alt. 3-6000 ft. ; from Sikkim to Mishmee, frequent, 
Grifith, Hook. f., &c. Kuasta Mrs., alt. 2-4000 ft., Griffith, H. f. 4 T. 
Thinly pubescent. Leaves Opposite, often unequal, 7 by 3 in., base acute or unequally 
rhomboid ; petiole 1-14 in., often unequal. Peduncles 2—4 in.; bracts 4 in., narrow 5 
pedicels 1-1 in. Sepals iin. Corolla 14 by 4 in., minutely hairy. Anthers conni- 
